Well, the Cubs won their first series of the year. Today at 3:50 central time, J.J. Putz was able to salvage one victory for the Diamondbacks. I guess I should feel better about taking a series but I really felt this opening home stand was a good way to get off on the right foot this season. Before we preview, let’s recap.
For Arizona in Game 1 it was a tale of too many men left on base. Will...

Yovani Gallardo spun a 2-hitter and scored the games only run as the Milwaukee Brewers finally got their first win of the season, beating the Atlanta Braves, 1-0 at Miller Park.
Gallardo was in complete control the entire night, as he faced jut one over the minimum in tossing the complete game gem. In the first inning, Nate McLouth hit a one out single, but was erased on a Chipper Jones double ...

Everyone wants to see their favorite team win. It's as simple as that. If the team wins, the fans will come out and cheer. For the Pittsburgh Pirates, they have had a problem with that simple formula for the past 18 seasons, as it is well known that they have endured losing seasons over each of those years. There are people in college right now that have never experienced a winning seas...

The 2010 season saw the San Francisco Giants win their first World Championship since moving away from New York, 52 years ago. Cincinnati took the central division with a late-season surge to overtake the Cardinals and it seems easy to forget that the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies were in the race right down to the final day of the regular season. Milwaukee is improved as are the Braves...

He’s simply known as “The Greatest.” And with that, one knows right away who the center of attention is. Muhammad Ali was always the center of attention, even in defeat. And today, while visiting the Milwaukee Brewers in Phoenix, AZ, despite being crippled by the disabling effects of Parkinson’s Disease, Ali is still at the center of attention.
“His presence is just something that’s...

Today pitchers and catchers report in Phoenix, AZ for the Milwaukee Brewers. As good as that sounds, the news was even better yesterday, when the team and Rickie Weeks agreed on a 4-year extension through 2014 with an option for 2015 worth in excess of 50 million dollars.
The team may be losing Prince Fielder at the end of this season if they can’t agree to a new deal with the slugging first ...

Matt Stajan and Cory Sarich scored a pair of third period goals to send the game against the Nashville Predators to a shootout. Rene Bourque scored the only goal on the shootout giving the Calgary Flames a 3-2 win in Music City. With the win over the Preds the Flames remained just two points out of the playoff dance and believe it or not only 5 points away from having home ice advantage in the ...

Often times, the deals that seem the biggest turn into flops and those that fly under the radar can go unnoticed. Then one day you’re sitting in your seat and there’s this new guy on your team and he’s doing really well (or really poorly, but let’s focus on the positive). Where'd he come from?
Shawn Marcum is that guy. Unless you really follow baseball (and let’s be honest, you’re ...

The first big off-season splash from Alex Anthopoulos and the Blue Jays has brought with it more questions than answers, so let’s get to the analysis.
The Trade
Toronto sends veteran starter Shaun Marcum to the Milwaukee Brewers for a Canadian prospect, 20-year old second baseman Brett Lawrie.
The Analysis
This deal has to be approached with two separate frames of mind – as a stand-alone tr...

When a team has as disappointing of a season as the Brewers did in 2010, games become meaningless way before Labor Day arrives. The next meaningful days don’t happen until after we’ve finished that last piece of pumpkin pie, but before we start chugging down the eggnog. Those days are upon us, when rumors are flying around like UFO’s in a schizophrenic’s life. They come from out of nowh...

Guess what? The Mariners still can't hit.
It would be nice to write a new blog and actually have something new to say but really the Mariners have yet to do anything different this entire season. The script is pretty much as follows…
Very good starting pitching. check
Bullpen is adequate. check
Ichiro and Gutierrez hitting around .300 or .340 in Ichiro's case. check
The rest of the team ...

The Reds continued their run atop the Central Division with a 6-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, a day after they wrestled first place away from the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds are passing all of the tests coming their way right now. The latest was to see if the team would let down after the jubilation of capturing first place had settled down.
It would have been easy to overlook Milwaukee....